"Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war."
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
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[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
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It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
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More Acquiescence Quotes
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No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.
— Woodrow Wilson
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If you're fighting the system, then you're still caught in it. It's not about fighting the system; it's about ceasing…
— David Icke
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Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is…
— Noam Chomsky
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The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper…
— Grover Cleveland
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The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation…
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might?
— William J. Murray
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To say grace, knowing that people on this globe are starving, indicates a highly selfish acquiescence in the arrogantly supposed…
— Barbara Smoker
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He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He…
— Joshua Chamberlain
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Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to…
— Jeff Buckley
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Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith thou shalt to me is…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when…
— A J Muste
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